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Obama Administration Calls for Syrian President to Step Down
nytimes.com ^ | 8-18-11 | STEVEN LEE MYERS

Posted on 08/18/2011 6:19:25 PM PDT by Justaham

The United States and several of its major allies on Thursday called on Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, to give up power. The carefully choreographed announcements came after months of popular protests and increasingly deadly reprisals that the United Nations commissioner for human rights said amounted to crimes against humanity by the Syrian authorities.

President Obama, who had faced criticism for not acting more assertively, ordered the freezing of all Syrian assets within American jurisdiction, banned imports of Syrian oil and barred American citizens from having any business dealings with the Syrian government, which the administration once courted in the hopes of improving relations.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabspring; assad; herewegoagain; obama; regimechange; syria
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1 posted on 08/18/2011 6:19:33 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Well, that does it. Assad will just step down tomorrow now that BHO’s given the directive.


2 posted on 08/18/2011 6:21:41 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Justaham

Obama it seems, hiding again behind ‘Hillary’s skirt’. On the most critical issues, Obama remains in background; behind someone. If there is good payoff; he will publicly, pound his chest.


3 posted on 08/18/2011 6:24:04 PM PDT by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not madhttp://atlasshrugs2000e in the USA either.. .)
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To: Justaham

Who will call for 0 to step down when crimes against humanity occur here?


4 posted on 08/18/2011 6:24:27 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (democRATS—just doing al Qaeda ground work? Obama owns it all now.)
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To: EDINVA

“Syrian Administration Calls For American President to Step Down”


5 posted on 08/18/2011 6:25:00 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: Justaham

Tens of millions of Americans call for Mr. Obama to step down.


6 posted on 08/18/2011 6:25:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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To: Vehmgericht
“Syrian Administration Calls For American President to Step Down”

Bwahahahaha!!!!
7 posted on 08/18/2011 6:27:04 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Telegraph to

Dictator Asshat, Damascus, Syria:
Salaam Aleykum. Step down from your dictatorship. Any questions, call me on my cell phone, I am on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard.
Ma Salama and Allah Akbar,
Baraka Hussein Omullah


8 posted on 08/18/2011 6:29:55 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Justaham

Obama, the FAILED ONE, can’t even get America to listen to him...... why on earth would this fool think al-Assad would give a hoot about his orders?


9 posted on 08/18/2011 6:29:55 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: Justaham

Would be frakin’ hilarious if the Assad administration responded with their own demand that the AnointedIdiot is the one who should seriously be thinking about stepping down.... =.=


10 posted on 08/18/2011 6:30:22 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Justaham
Well, I'll bet that skinny necked, pipe stem armed, illegal alien will scare the hell out of him. I hope Obambi had his bicycle-protection bedpan on his head when he threatened him. (Boy, that would scare me!)

Probably still shaking from Obambi's commandment.

11 posted on 08/18/2011 6:40:21 PM PDT by laweeks
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Telegraph to:

Dictator Omullah, Maaatha’s Vineyard
Too busy shelling citizens with mortars and shooting them with machine guns to have time to resign.
You might try shooting civilians too since you have done everything else but that to your ungrateful subjects. Your brother Muoooamar and I have been trying to bring you in to the brotherhood of enlightened muslims but you disappeared instead into a giant turd colored armored bus. After you finish drinking Martha’s vineyard please come over to Cairo so we can plan the Arab Winter together.
Alahu Fubar!
Presidente Asshat

/s/


12 posted on 08/18/2011 6:41:47 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Justaham

calls for him to step down , like going down a highway at 100mph and told to step out of the car now


13 posted on 08/18/2011 6:53:23 PM PDT by molson209
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To: Justaham

Where are those bumperstickers that say, “These colors don’t run the world.”? LOL!


14 posted on 08/18/2011 6:55:53 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Justaham

I call for Zer0 to stop the destruction of the freedoms in the USA!


15 posted on 08/18/2011 7:11:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (A government powerful enough to tell you what to eat can tell you when you can breathe.)
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Libya's illegal war for regime change is 152 days old.

When does it start in Syrian?

16 posted on 08/18/2011 7:15:46 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Only crickets from the Left on their own racism, misogyny.)
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To: Justaham

I’d imagine that the feeling is mutual between 0bama and Assad. I’d do a trade- at least Assad wouldn’t be screwing up the economy, and Assad is only a secular Muslim.
The Left is more dangerous than Islam because there are more Leftists here, at least right now.


17 posted on 08/18/2011 7:26:07 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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To: cranked

The Bashar al-Assad Administration calls for the fake American President to step down.

Assad threatens to end acceptance of American Foreign Aid if Obama does not step down immediately.

FUBO


18 posted on 08/18/2011 7:35:06 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: Justaham

Barry should show Bashar how it’s done.


19 posted on 08/18/2011 8:04:14 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Justaham

I’d be careful if I were Obama. Assad may have his original Kenyan birth cirtificate.


20 posted on 08/18/2011 8:57:06 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (http://www.durban3nyc.com/. Go there and learn what those who seek to destroy Israel are up to)
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